Vol. 3 Chapter 3.4

Translated by SoundDestiny Edited by SoundDestiny

A conference room with the words 『Headquarters for the Investigation of the Large-Scale Disappearance of Schoolgirls』 posted ostentatiously in black ink. The debriefing session held there, where all investigators gathered together, has just ended.

The investigation is making progress. They are closing in on the culprits. None of the investigators doubt this. Such was the atmosphere in the meeting room.

The inference that the girls were taken out through the fence behind the club building and onto the wooded path behind is now treated as if it were a done deal.

As soon as the meeting was over, those who left in a hurry were those who had been ordered to secure the area around the woodland path.

Considering their footsteps after they left the forest road, it is natural to assume that they were put in a vehicle at some point. After all, it was a large group of 18 people. A large vehicle or several vehicles? In any case, we had to devote a large part of our staff to interviewing people about any suspicious vehicle, mainly in the vicinity of the national road after the forest road.

In conjunction with this, Inspector Nakamura was asked by senior officer Inomoto whether he thought someone he knew might have led them there. In addition, the police also decided to review the relationships between the advisor, other teachers and the girls’ track and field club OGs, with Inomoto at the centre of the investigation.

I believe that the reason why Inomoto-senpai looks happy is not only because his opinion has been taken into account, but also because he will have more opportunities to meet the school nurse,Ms Kitora.

[Ryoko refer to Kitora as Kitora Joshi hence the Ms]

To be honest, I’m not at all interested in how senpai and Ms Kitora got to know each other, but Master and Masaki-sama were quite interested, so I’ll have to find out more about this somewhere else.

In any case, everything is off the mark. A laughing stock. The sight of these fools pathetically turning left and right was more than enough to reaffirm the greatness of Master.

Within a few minutes or so after the meeting, most of the investigators had left and the only ones left were the career team from the main office. In addition to that, I am the only one left.

I am supposed to be a liaison officer attached to the director-general, but to those who know the relationship between me and Superintendent Nakamura, it is nothing more than a mixture of public and private affairs.

For this reason, the career  officers who would normally address the competent authorities from a higher position were extremely polite in their treatment of me and some even tried to improve Inspector Nakamura’s impression of me by elevating me.

They are a bunch of utterly stupid insects.

I listen to their chatty conversation, which now turns to the motive of the murderer.

“Normally, you’d have to assume that the aim is to take the victim into custody.”

“Well, young women have the highest commodity value. I think it’s more likely to be the continental mafia, isn’t it?”

“What about ransom?　Are any of the victims daughters of wealthy families?”

“No, the victims do not include particularly wealthy daughters. If I had to guess, I would say that they include the daughter of a former president of Sirius Industries……”

“Sirius, that company that went bankrupt last year, didn’t it?”

“Yes, I say the former president and the couple are divorced. The daughter lives with her mother in a four-and-a-half-metre flat and has managed to pay her school fees by relying on relatives. She’s a struggling student working at home.”

“Homework, she can’t afford to do club activities, can she? That is…”

“She’s reportedly withdrawn from the club, but her adviser was holding her back and it seems she was held in very high esteem.”

As I was thinking about this, the conference room extension suddenly rang and a detective nearby picked up the receiver.

Neither the victim  has any privacy. But what they just said should be brought to master’s attention in one way or another.

“Cheif, there’s a call for you from a woman called Fukuda-san.”

“Fukuda? Ah, the schoolgirl from the other day?”

Inspector Nakamura accepts the receiver’s phone with a quizzical look on his face.

Rin Fukuda – the abominable schoolgirl who had been hanging around master.

“Yes, yes, thank you for taking the trouble.”

When he hung up the phone after saying this, Inspector Nakamura spoke.

“She’s quite a solid young lady. She is going away for family reasons at the beginning of the week. She took the trouble to give us her mobile phone number in case we needed anything. Well…..it doesn’t look like I’ll be hearing anything new from her at the moment.”

×××

It was the third day in Terashima-san’s flat. I was sitting on the sofa with her knees in her arms, idly watching an afternoon information programme.

As I switched channels, the disappearances of girls’ track and field team members were being reported with a lot of speculation. After all, to the uninvolved, the disappearances are nothing more than a form of entertainment.

The press conferences of the headmaster and the advisor of the track and field team are repeatedly broadcasted but fortunately, Masaki and my portraits were never seen on TV.

“Hmm… Good morning. FuWaaaaa……”

It was after 1pm when Kyoko-san woke up from Terashima-san’s bedroom, dressed in underwear and a T-shirt.

I don’t know what kind of sleeping style gives her such a spiky sleeping pattern but with her red hair, she looks like a character from a shonen manga.

“I’m sorry about yesterday. It seems Terashima-san was very angry with you because of me……”

“Oh, it’s okay, it’s okay. I was the one who set it off. And I’m used to being lectured by Nee-chan”

With that said, Kyoko-san sits down next to me.

“Then, I couldn’t ask you in front of Nee-chan, but how was…… your boyfriend?”

“How’d it go? How’s what?”

“Don’t play dumb with me now. It’s about your physical chemistry.”

Instantly, I fell silent. But Kyoko-san seemed to have guessed it.

“Ah……yeah, boyfriend, how many ecchi times did you do it with him?”

“I think yesterday was the second……since he was my first”

“Well……this is your second time, then maybe you’re not very good at it.”

Kyoko-san must have been very considerate, but unfortunately it is a problem before whether she is good or bad at it.

“That……Kyoko-san, you’ve been with a lot of men, haven’t you?”

“Yes, well, to a certain …… extent.”

“How many years does a penis stop growing?”

“Ha..?”

“Well…… his was so…… small, I couldn’t even tell it was in there at first”

“No, no, no,that’s an exaggeration, right?”

“I could feel it around the entrance, but it didn’t hit the back at all……”

“Rather, I think it’s amazing that Kurosa-chan says he can’t hit the inside on the second try……But your boyfriend is the same age as you, right? Basically, I don’t think it’s going to get any bigger than that”

“But, you know, even women get bigger breasts when they gain weight……”

“Because a man’s cock isn’t fat, you know?　It’s more like, if they get fat, it’s buried in the flesh until it gets short. I mean, this is your second time, right? Doesn’t that mean he was nervous and it shrunk?”

“I tried my best to make it bigger, but he came in the middle of making it bigger……In the end, he cum four times and seemed to be satisfied, but I couldn’t do it even once……”

Immediately, Kyoko-san showed a pretence of holding her head.

“Acha—……short and premature ejaculation, huh? That’s no good. I think you should break up with him as soon as possible. He’s rubbish.”

“But sex isn’t everything, you know……like surgically enlarging a man’s penisor……”

“The idea of surgically enlarging a man’s penis is already scary. In addition, even though premature ejaculation can be dealt with, there is really nothing that can be done about the small size. I think you should break up”

“Uuu…… but…… but…”

Tears are slowly coming to my eyes. I don’t want to break up with him. Even though I’ve come all the way back. There is no way I can break up with someone I like.

Kyoko-san shrugs her shoulders when she sees my tears welling up in my eyes.

“It’s not that there isn’t a way to avoid breaking up… Do you want to listen to it……?”

“What …… is that?”

“You can separate love and sex”

“Love is with your boyfriend and sex is with your friends”

“W-w-w-what are you talking about? Isn’t that an affair!”

Then Kyoko-san put her face close to my nose and pinched my chin with her fingertips.

“Don’t you understand? If it’s between girls, it’s not cheating. You don’t have to worry about having a baby. If you’re looking for a partner, don’t worry. I’m bi. I don’t have a boyfriend at the moment, but I have three girlfriends.”

×××

“Shima-senpai …… May I have a moment?”

When I visited the room opposite in the near evening, I found that Shima-senpai had just showered, or perhaps she was stretching with a bath towel over her wet hair and wearing underwear that looked like strings.

“Ouu, what is it?”

I guess it’s nothing to be concerned about since we were all completely naked until this morning, but stretching in that underwear with your legs spread is just too much to look at. Incidentally, Takasago-senpai was completely asleep. That’s, well, normal operation.

“I was wondering who…… senpai was going to whip”

“Oh… I hadn’t thought about it yet”

When I told her about the conversation I had with Yui-chan, she folded her arms and began to ponder.

“I see… as Miss Bowel said. I think it would be more efficient to find a way to find the four of them sooner rather than later”

“Yes, I think so too. But I don’t know how to do it….”

“Ummm……we humiliated the favoured princess Mai Fujiwara…….sama. I guess I have to put a 『sama』 on it, don’t I? I know that Mai Fujiwara-sama. We’re not that close, I just know her face……She’s a black gal from the class next to mine.”

“The third-year black gal……?”

“Well, if there’s anyone who has any connection with that black gal, it’s almost certain that she’s the culprit”

“So, you’re saying one of the third-year students is suspicious?”

“Moribe-chan, are you an idiot?”

“So cruel!?”

“After all, if you don’t count Hatsu-chan and me, the only other third-year student is my Ane, Ota. Do you think that muscular idiot can do something as insidious as humiliating people?”

“……I don’t think so”

“Right?”

“So, I guess it’s a second-year student and a first-year student, but I don’t have any more clues…..”

“Well…… wait a minute. I have something to write”

Saying this, Shima-senpai took out a pen and paper from the cupboard.

“Okay, I’m going to write down a few things. First, the third year are….”

× Tashiro, × Shima, × Ota (Big Sister).

“I put a cross next to each of them to indicate that it’s not the culprit. It means that we and Hatsu-chan were judged differently when we were chosen as inquisitors. And the second year..”

× Takasago, Shiratori, Amamiya, Adachi, and Konparu.

“Takasago-senpai is the only second-year student who was given an X, right?”

“That’s right….. and the first years are…”

× Moribe, x Kayama, Inui, Ota (Little Sister), Hotta, Saito, Kishigi, Sato, Omuta, Koike

“When I look at it like this……There are a lot of first-years. For now, I’ll try the second year. Moribe-chan is a senior, so it will be difficult to hit them. Then, do you think we should try to eliminate them by a process of elimination?”

As we were talking about this, a silver-haired maid suddenly opened the door and walked in.

“It’s almost time for dinner. Everyone, please change into your uniforms and gather in the dining room. Today’s dinner will be hosted by Masaki-sama, so please make sure not to make any untoward incidents. I don’t want to have to dispose of more dead bodies, either”

×××

When I changed into my inquisitor’s uniform and stepped into the dining room, I found that the shape of the table, which was square during the day, had changed to rectangular. And at the so-called birthday seat at the table, Masaki-sama is already sitting down.

Her deep purple evening dress is different from the daytime. As usual, only her chest area was abnormally raised, as if the dimension was distorted.

“Good day, everyone. Oh, Mini〇uka Po〇lice??　Whose hobby is this?”

“It is I.”

The silver-haired maid replied dutifully and I couldn’t help but grumble inside my heart.

‘This is your hobby!!’

Probably everyone else was thinking the same thing at the same time. I could see it in their faces but we didn’t say it out loud, though.

Although not as creepy as the sackhead woman, this silver-haired maid is scary enough.

As we take our seats, the silver-haired maid begins to explain the dishes that are crammed on the table.

“Today we will be serving you with South American cuisine, with a focus on rib steak on the bone. There are five different sauces for the rib steak. We recommend the honey sauce. Of course, we have prepared as many refills as you like, so please eat as much as you like.”

“Nfufu, sounds delicious. I’m very hungry today because I’ve been treated so well by the Confinement King-sama”

At that comment from Masaki-sama, we involuntarily looked at each other.

No, we knew that. We knew that because she was a favoured princess – in other words, a princess who was favoured, it was of course a sexual relationship. However, the way Masaki-sama was saying it now, it sounded like she was boasting, or to me, it sounded like she was saying, 『Aren’t you jealous?』 I could only think that she was proud of it.

“Then, let’s eat”

With Masaki-sama’s words, we reached for the food.

Of course, we had already eaten a full meal during the day, so we weren’t as hungry as we should have been.

The dining table is silent. It can’t be helped. The silver-haired maid’s threat of 『…… any rough treatment』 is so frightening that I’m afraid to open my mouth. Takasago-senpai was silent as usual, but when it came to Shima-senpai, who was kicked up by the sackhead woman and thrusted a knife by the silver-haired maid, she was on maximum alert. Her fingertips were even trembling as she reached for the food.

As expected, should we be called celebrities ─ ─

“Masaki-sama, that necklace is very beautiful~”

“Ufufu, Thank you”

Yui praised the large diamond necklace adorning Masaki-sama’s chest in a rather perfunctory manner. Masaki-sama smiled as if nothing had changed.

“It was given to me by the Confinement King-sama as a reward for my hard work. It’s a natural diamond of twenty-six carats”

At that comment, Yui-chan and I both widened our eyes and stopped moving.

“「「Twenty-six……?」」”

Some time ago, I heard on the news that a twelve-carat natural diamond was valued at 90 million yen. I couldn’t even imagine how much a twenty-six-carat diamond would be worth.

The next moment, the question that passed through my mind. Yui-chan said exactly the same thing.

“What kind of person is the Confinement King-sama?”

Immediately, I and Shima-senpai looked at each other, wondering if that question was a bad idea. Incidentally, Takasago-senpai was absorbed in the task of removing the meat from the bones.

“Ufufufu, as long as you guys do your job properly, I’m sure you’ll have the chance to meet him.”

Fortunately, Masaki-sama’s smile never ceases and I breathe a sigh of relief.

‘But if the current question is acceptable, it might be safe to go a little further…’

I open my mouth with an intent.

“Oh, um!　Masaki-sama. Well, um, can you tell us anything you know about the four people we need to find?”

“Nothing in particular.”

Masaki-sama was still smiling but it was a clear rejection.

“Um, …… Masaki ……-sama.’”

Next, it was Shima-senpai who raised her hand with a complicated look on her face.

“Yes, what is it?”

“I’ll do my best, but I’m going to do it properly.  If those four people……are found, will they be killed?　I’m feeling really depressed when I think about it…..”

“I see….”

After a little thoughtful gesture, Masaki-sama clapped her hands and smiled happily.

“Then let’s do it this way. In exchange for promising not to kill those four, shall we raise the difficulty level a little? I’ll add one new restriction. 『You must not answer any questions from the pigs』, and anyone who breaks this will be reduced to a pig on the spot. Yes, let’s do that.”

At the same time as Shima-senpai makes a 『oh shit』 face, Yui-chan glares at her with a look that says 『I’m going to kill you』.

Despite Masaki-sama’s casual manner, the level of difficulty increased at a steep angle. It is very hard not to answer questions. In extreme cases, if one of the detained members asks us 『How are you?』 and we answer 『Fine』, that is enough to keep us from being deported to the piggery.

For a while there, we were silent. With only the occasional Yui-chan chatting with Masaki-sama about other things, we went on eating in silence and Takasago-senpai alone was having second helpings of meat with sweet honey sauce smeared on it to the point of heartburn, one after the other.

After an hour or so, the meal was over, and after watching Masaki-sama leave the table, the silver-haired maid quietly opened her mouth.

“Well then, it’s time to get to work. From now on, I would like you all to feed the pigs. The whipping will start tomorrow morning. Today, you will first learn the feeding procedure. The food will be prepared in the corridor in front of the 『breeding yard』 where you were just a few hours ago and from now on, you will feed the pigs after breakfast and dinner. Now, please, come this way”

Following the silver-haired maid’s lead, I saw a row of buckets in front of the room where the club members were locked up, on either side of the corridor.

Fourteen blue plastic buckets, very typical. There were also seven iron containers that looked like planters for plants.

Looking into the buckets, I saw two types of contents. One contained something that looked like sawdust and the other a white liquid.

“The contents are oatmeal and milk.”

“Ueee……is this…… the food? Seriously?”

“Oh, it’s rather common in the West. It’s used for breakfast and as a diet food, but….. cornflakes are also a type of oatmeal.”

Yui-chan explains to the Shima-senpai, who frowns involuntarily.

“First of all, you put the feed bins in front of the pigs, then you put oatmeal in them and pour milk on top. That’s all you have to do.”

It’s easier said than done but we honestly feel quite guilty compared to what we ate.

“Then you may begin.”

We each hold a feed box in our hands and step inside the door.

Immediately, all the members of the club turned to us at once.

Looking at them again, the members of the club look quite shabby. Until this morning, they would have been the same, but they are naked, tied up with red ropes, haven’t had a bath for several days, their hair is covered in sebum, and they haven’t eaten, so they look very thin.

I heard the Captain’s voice asking, [Are you okay, did they do anything to you?] I was about to answer when Yui-chan grabbed my shoulder and shook her head from side to side.

‘I suddenly remembered, I shouldn’t have answered any question.’

It was a close call. It would be better to decide that I would not open my mouth at all until I get used to it.

We did as the silver-haired maid instructed and placed the feed bins in a row in front of the club members. There are seven of them, so I guess the calculation is one for two people.

“Shima! What is this? What are you guys trying to do?”

Captain raises her voice as if she were choking her, but she can’t answer. I feel incredibly stressed. I just shouldn’t answer the questions, but I wonder if this is actually a fatal restriction.

The club members looked at what we were doing with frightened faces, wondering what was about to start. Even in between the work, I could hear the club members whispering, [They’re taking a bath] or [Why are they wearing Minis*ka P*lice?]

‘We don’t wear them because we like them!’

Even if I think so, I can’t say it out loud.

We then pour oatmeal into the feed bins in a bucket-relay fashion, followed by a splash of milk.

After one round of work, the club members just look at us and the feed bins with quizzical eyes. That’s probably true. We don’t even know if it’s something we’re allowed to eat, even if we suddenly put this unintelligible thing on the table.

“It’s food! I don’t think it tastes good, but you can eat it. If you don’t eat it, you’ll die. You have to be patient and eat it”

Shima-senpai said as if to appeal, but there was no plate, no spoon, and before that, their hands were tied and they couldn’t move.

Shima-senpai looked towards Captain and she nodded. She took the initiative to stick her nose into the fodder box and start eating.

“Oh, it may look like that, but it’s surprisingly good.”

Captain said this out loud so that everyone could hear, and after a pause, the members of the club rushed to the feed bins.

The club members plunge their faces into the feed bins, which are lined up side by side. The sounds of intense watering and chewing echoed through the dimly lit room.

Members of the club would occasionally look up to catch their breath. Milk dripped from their mouths, running down their chins and staining the ribbon around their necks.

Members of the club would occasionally look up to catch their breath. Milk dripped from their mouths, running down their chins and staining the ribbon around their necks.

‘This is …… really livestock……’

I scowl at the filthiness of the scene.

I thought from the bottom of my heart that I did not want to be corrupted by this position.

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